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Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Hospital photo of Damar Hamlin proves “he’s a corpse.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on January 22, 2023 in a TikTok post:
Damar Hamlin wasn’t at the Buffalo Bills’ playoff game.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:
CNN reported that Damar Hamlin’s doctor confirmed his cardiac arrest was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine booster.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 19, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 12, 2023 in a post:
Magic Johnson tested positive for HIV “because Fauci’s gain of function study used a contaminated Hepatitis B vaccine.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • January 13, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2023 in a post:
Tee Higgins “isn’t even leaving the hospital till he knows (Damar) Hamlin is OK.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 6, 2023
Liz Wheeler
stated on January 3, 2023 in a Tweet:
There have been “1,598 athlete cardiac arrests since Jan 2021. 69% fatal.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 5, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
False
By Madison Czopek • January 4, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 14, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 13, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2021 in a post:
Suggests “108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died” because of COVID-19 vaccines.
False
By Yacob Reyes • November 22, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 5, 2022 in Instagram post:
A German survey ranked Kyrie Irving as the “greatest threat to world peace” among world leaders.
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Majchrowicz • November 8, 2022
X posts
stated on November 1, 2022 in viral tweet:
Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.”
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Majchrowicz • November 3, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 18, 2022 in a post:
“Eagles fans shout F— Joe Biden while Jill Biden attends NFL game!”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • October 26, 2022
Marco Rubio
stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad:
Val Demings “voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2022
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stated on October 2, 2022 in an Instagram post:
The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
At an Atlanta Braves celebration, President Joe Biden “demanded that all the little kids come up on stage to sit on his lap.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • September 29, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2022 in Facebook posts:
Brittney Griner is really a man.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • August 9, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 23, 2022
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